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  1. Photos from the #StopAdani week of Frontline action

    drop on the Bowen water tank 18-9-17 Protesters: 'We Will Stop Adani' Traditional owner Aunty ...

  2. Why does Washington hate Iran?

    of 1977. Demonstrations were held demanding that the government provide electricity, running water ... inhabitants resorted to tapping into electricity and water supplies. The Shah sent in demolition teams with ...

  3. Central Asia's failing heart

    politically explosive issue: water. The region is facing one of the world's worst ecological disasters ... thanks to decades-long mismanagement of its water resources. At a press conference in Tashkent in May, ... a solution to its long-term water crisis be built into the Union Treaty. The Aral Sea, once the fourth ...

  4. Manus Island, Nauru refugees appeal for help

    than a year ago. In that time people have also struggled to access adequate food, water and secure ...

  5. Destroying the world is bad enough but do they have to be so smug about it?

    Take multinational Adani, that is having a red-hot go at decimating Australia鈥檚 water supplies in the ...

  6. Spain: Radical councils face challenge in local elections

    A notorious example was the lawsuit brought by the water multinational Agbar against Barcelona City Council ... for consulting with citizens on whether the city鈥檚 water supply should remain privatised. While none ...

  7. Tar sands pipeline protests outside Citibank

    happen. Tar sands oil pipelines have a history of destruction: they tear up land, pollute water and cause ... and low-income communities, where they poison the water supply and traumatise local people. They are ...

  8. Renewable energy could be Australia鈥檚 next big export industry

    air/particulate pollution, water shortages, carbon emissions and adverse health consequences. Now is the time for ...

  9. Under pressure, Adani scales down its coalmine project

    extra year to pay for a water licence due to 鈥減roject delays鈥. Institute for Energy Economics and ... government to rule out any such agreement. 鈥淨ueensland Labor has already given Adani free water and a free ... trusted, given that it is facing charges over allegedly polluting the reef with coal-contaminated water and ...

  10. PAKISTAN: Kalabagh dam threatens livelihood of millions

    Frontier provinces. Opponents of the World Bank-funded dam project see it as another grab for water by the ... dam because it will deny Sindh its share of water and turn it into a desert. We oppose the ... 200 million inhabitants depend on the erratic flows of the Indus for their water needs and millions ...

  11. Running for human rights: Palestine needs support

    waters. The lack of electricity has left the sewage treatment plant basically inoperable, resulting in ... floor, filthy from the lack of water for cleaning. There was an overwhelming smell of rotting food, ... the border towns on very limited agricultural land. The farmers are forced to use ground water on ...

  12. WA joins the climate rebellion

    drought and famine, as food supplies and fresh water become scarce and unreliable.聽 It is not just ...

  13. Disaster capitalism, national liberation and the Philippines election

    survivors were relocated to other areas where they did not even have decent housing or drinking water. That ...

  14. There is no such thing as a 鈥榞reen鈥 war

    security, rather than the destruction of millions of species, arable land, potable water, breathable air and ...

  15. Santos fails to clean up uranium contamination

    aquifer in the Pilliga Forest in north-west NSW, saying that attempts to recover the polluted water were ... water into the waste-water pond which is still leaking, and even that failed.鈥 Furthermore, the EPA ... the Office of Water, to fully review its original report, despite the NSW Health Department calling ...

  16. United States: Gulf clean-up lies exposed

    and water sampling in Pass Christian Harbor, Mississippi, on Grand Isle, Louisiana, and around barrier ... results from samples taken reveal very high concentrations of oil in the soil and water. These results ... reporting limit tan analyst is able to detect from a solid sample is 50 parts per million (ppm). A water ...

  17. New coal seam gas rules in NSW fall short

    is needed to protect water reserves, farmland and communities from toxic contamination. The changes, ... need for a moratorium on new fracking projects 鈥 given the risks it poses to water and agriculture 鈥 it ... step鈥, but 鈥渢he fact remains that BTEX can occur naturally in coal seams and be present in water that ...

  18. Ireland: New secure-hour law is a gamechanger in the fight against low pay and poverty

    of other Mandate activists. When the government tried to water down the legislation by seeking an ...

  19. Extinction crisis report sounds dire warning

    from industrial facilities that are dumped annually into the world鈥檚 waters. While the summary report ...

  20. #Time2Choose rally

    Sydney and beyond that want clean and healthy drinking water and farmlands, environmental justice and ...

  21. CANADA: Health crisis in Kashechewan

    alerted the residents of the reserve that their drinking water supply had tested positive for the deadly ... water-related illnesses, including diarrhea and painful stomach cramps, or they were suffering from horrific ... skin diseases such as scabies and impetigo caused by other contaminants in the water. TV images and ...

  22. GHANA: Sharpening hydro-class struggles

    legacy of structural adjustment and water privatisation. As has been the case recently in Bolivia, ... months. The combination of neo-liberal economic policies and the commodification of water could well drive ... support to loan programs specifically aimed at uplifting the poor. Water system "restructuring" ...

  23. Letter from the US: California's drought highlights global warming's danger

    never seen anything like it. There is only one year's worth of water left in the state's ... reservoirs. That groundwater also is in danger Jay Famiglietti, a senior water scientist at the NASA Jet ... supply water in the summer, was between 16% and 22% of normal levels. Big business Agriculture is big ...

  24. Urgent need for coal seam gas catchment ban

    land in NSW that supplies our drinking water protected, areas the report labels 'particularly ... drilling in water catchments areas. Moore said: "CSG exploration and mining always involves unearthing ... water that is high in salt and methane, and can contain toxic and radioactive compounds and heavy ...

  25. Chief scientist confirms coal seam gas risks

    and risks to water resources 鈥 confirm risks that community members have been talking about for years. ... acknowledges the risks to soil groundwater and surface water systems. "It raises concern about the ... industrial development of CSG mining in drinking water catchments. "Professor O'Kane's call ...

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